Tell your friends and visit us at booth #628. We plan to have brochures designed by Barbara Bowman, video by Malyssa Woodward, photos, RLRR ambassador animals, donation boxes made by school children and RLRR t-shirts for sale!

February TransportDenise Luke will be going to RLRR Feb 8 to transport animals.

Jackson Got AdoptedHappy ending for beautiful Jackson – the dog with a broken mandible and complete teeth loss on one side due to a terrible beating. After emergency vet care, Amber Anderson helped with his adoption. A nurturing second grade teacher adopted him and will give him lots of TLC for the rest of his life. Thanks to Amber and his adopter.

Diane Dunker’s Jackpot VisitIn October I went to Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue for the first time. I was a little apprehensive as I didn’t know what to expect. I was greeted by 9 large friendly dogs, who stay at Karen’s - rescued by her. Some were curious but kept their distance, some wanted pats on their heads and one wouldn’t even think about not dropping a ball or rock at my feet. I was quickly put to work assembling igloos & filling them with straw so they had houses for the winter.

Two other volunteers, Colleen and Carol, scrubbed, organized and cleaned part of a house that Karen used to live in into a palace fit for cat-kings and cat queens.

I have worked with animal rescues before but there are two things that stand out most for me: how Karen cares for the dogs and how nice they are. I am used to taking dogs out of their kennels one at a time for fear of them running away. At the outdoor dog shelter by Karen’s house, she would open the kennel doors twice a day and the dogs would run, jump and play together while we cleaned. Then Karen would round the dogs up to go back into their kennels. I was so glad to see the dogs play together and get so much exercise. That brings me to the second thing I noticed – how nice and sweet they are.

That brings me to Penny. Colleen, Carol and I were loading the vehicles with dogs to transport to the Cities. All weekend there had been one dog that tugged at my heart in an extra-special way – Penny. While all the dogs were playing, she would often sit on the sidelines and watch like a spectator – like a little lady. Penny had no place to go so she couldn’t come with us. Hopefully she could get on the November transport. When we hit the road for home I cried for the first hour – I couldn’t believe I had to leave her. Later I learned Penny didn’t make it on the November transport either. I would lay awake at night thinking of this sweet dog. Enough of that – I would foster her till I found her a home. Ann from Pet Haven knew my plan and asked if I could bring back Mina – another unbelievable sweet dog. I’d bring back as many as I could fit in my car if she had foster homes. I brought back 13 dogs (2 adults, 1 abused pup and 10 husky pups).

Penny stayed with me for 2 ½ weeks and then she hit the jackpot of all jackpots; a wonderful home with 3 children where she will get all the attention, all the food & all the warm beds she could ever want. They are keeping her name, Penny, but I call her Jackpot – because she hit the Jackpot and she loved it when I sang her the Jackpot song.